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> for everything that needs a version manager > for everything that needs a version manager
asdf is an extendable version manager.
## Commands Add or create a source for any package/language/tool you want. There's a simple API for it.
asdf install <package> <version>
asdf uninstall <package> <version>
asdf list <package>
asdf list-all <package>
asdf use <package> <version>
asdf source-add <package> <source>
asdf source-remove <package>
asdf source-update --all
asdf source-update <package>
## `.versions` file ## Manage sources
Sources are how asdf understands how to handle packages.
#### Add a source for a package
``` ```
elixir 1.0.0 asdf source-add <name> <git-url>
```
Say you want to add Erlang. There's a package source for it at <https://github.com/HashNuke/asdf-erlang>.
```
asdf source-add erlang https://github.com/HashNuke/asdf-erlang.git
```
#### Remove a source
```
asdf source-remove <name>
```
Now you want to remove the package source for erlang you added earlier.
```
asdf source-remove erlang
```
#### Update sources
To update all sources run the following
```
asdf source-update --all
```
If you want to update a specific package, just say so.
```
asdf source-update <name>
```
## Manage packages
```
# asdf install <name> <version>
asdf install erlang 17.3
# asdf uninstall <name> <version>
asdf uninstall erlang 17.3
```
#### Lists installed versions
```
# asdf list <name>
asdf list <name>
```
#### List all available versions
```
# asdf list-all <name>
asdf list-all erlang
```
#### Use a specific version of a package
```
asdf use <name> <version>
asdf use erlang 17.3
```
It writes the version to the `.versions` file in the current working directory.
## The `.versions` file
Add a `.versions` file to your project dir and versions of those packages will be used.
```
elixir 1.0.2
erlang 17.3 erlang 17.3
``` ```
## Package source structure ## Creating package sources
A package source is a git repo, with the following executable scripts A package source is a git repo, with the following executable scripts
* `bin/list-all` - lists all installable versions * `bin/list-all` - lists all installable versions
* `bin/install` - installs the specified version * `bin/install` - installs the specified version
* `bin/uninstall` - uninstalls the specified version * `bin/uninstall` - uninstalls the specified version
* `bin/use` - uses the specified version (and also adds the version to `.versions` file in the dir) * `bin/use` - whatever you want to run when a specific version is used (like set an env var?)
These scripts are run when `list-all`, `install`, `uninstall` or `use` commands are run. You can set or unset env vars, ### list-all
This script should list stable versions that can be installed
### install
This script should install the package. It will be passed the following command-line args (in order).
* *install type* - "version", "tag", "commit"
* *version* - this is the version or commit sha or the tag name that should be installed (use the first argument to figure out what to do).
* *install path* - the dir where the it *should* be installed
**Any other args that comes after this is whatever the user passes to the install command**. Feel free to use them in whatever way you think is appropriate.
These scripts are run when `list-all`, `install`, `uninstall` or `use` commands are run. You can set or unset env vars and do whatever you need.
### uninstall
Uninstalls a command
You'll get the same args as the `install` script.
### use
Will be passed the following args
* *install type*
* *version*
Feel free to set env vars and do what is appropriate to setup the version of the package for use.
## Credits
Me ([@HashNuke](http://github.com/HashNuke)), High-fever, cold, cough
Copyright 2014 to the end of time